Skip to content

VANGUARD COMPLETE KNEE SYSTEM 195924Recalls & reported problems

Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Vanguard Complete Knee System (27)

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00880304560482), received between Feb 18, 2020 and Feb 18, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K141407); they may or may not involve this specific model.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Adhesion(s)1
  • Limited Mobility Of The Implanted Joint1
  • Scar Tissue1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryFeb 18, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

    Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Limited Mobility Of The Implanted Joint; Scar Tissue

    MAUDE report 9722438 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K141407. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1265-2016 · Feb 5, 2016 · Terminated
    Vanguard XP Knee System Porous Femoral Component various sizes and orientation a total knee replacement system. prosthesis, knee, patella/femorotibial, semi-constrained, uncement

Other Prosthesis, knee, patello/femorotibial, semi-constrained, uhmwpe, pegged, cemented, polymer/metal/polymer devices

All Prosthesis, knee, patello/femorotibial, semi-constrained, uhmwpe, pegged, cemented, polymer/metal/polymer devices →

Sources and updates

How reports and recalls are matched · Editorial policy · Report an error on this page